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I have been reading Benno Nigg's new text book entitled "Biomechanics of Sport Shoes" and I am particularly interested in his "preferred movement path" paradigm. Interestingly, he seems to invoke an information-processing theoretical perspective by suggesting that the "preferred movement path" is "pre-programmed". Perhaps a better way of looking at the "preferred movement path" is by adopting a dynamical systems theoretical framework, which basically suggests that patterns of human movement are a product of self-organising processes and constraints, with constraints being boundaries, limitations or design features that restrict the motion of individual degrees of freedom.
I am interested in knowing which musculoskeletal constraints are likely to responsible for determining the "preferred movement path" so I was wondering whether anyone knows of any empirical or modelling studies that have attempted to identify relationships between specific musculoskeletal variables (e.g., shapes of bones, angle of articulation, etc.) and gait characteristics?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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